Delft KLM Miniature 96

Delft KLM - 96
Hendrik Hamel House
Height 11cm
Excellent condition still sealed

A replica of the house where Hendrick Hamel was born, was built on the very same site as the original. This is now where visitors can get a sense of the life of this historic naval hero from Gorinchem. Hendrick Hamel(1630-1692) was a Dutch Seafarer.In 1653 he was aboard De Sperwer,when it ran aground off the coast of the Korean Island of Jeju.
From 1952 these houses were given to passengers on board of every and all KLM Intercontinental flights in the businessclass. Each passenger baby or grown up, paying or non paying one house. These original Delft Blue miniature houses are real copies of the gable houses alongside the canals in Amsterdam and from time to time for a change also from other historical towns in Holland.